DR. J.P. MODAK

The highly esteemed and illustrious Dr. Jayant Pandurang Modak has been serving as the Dean of Research and Development at LTJSS, Nagpur for the past 20 years. He not only possesses a B.E. in Electrical and Mechanical Engineering both but also has a D.Sc. in the concept of the Human Powered Flywheel Motor from RTM Nagpur University.

With a keen interest in the areas of research of automation, the theory of experimentation, applied robotics, rotor dynamics, and kinematics and dynamics of mechanisms, Dr. J.P. Modak has contributed to more than 423 research paper publications, including more than 40 journals of international repute. He has won the national award for the “Best Research Paper” thrice during his eminent career. His genius has been instrumental in developing various products and applications in the field of mechanical engineering.

Dr. J.P. Modak holds IPR and copyrights on several applications, including the pedal-operated chilli crusher and hybrid-powered flywheel motor. He has delivered more than 130 lectures on the mechatronics, industrial automation, mathematical modelling, academic-oriented courses on research methodologies, and more.

Dr. J.P. Modak’s lifelong work in the field of mechanical and electric engineering has resulted in numerous awards and recognitions, including the “Lifetime Achievement Award” for initiatives towards the use of fly ash for industrial products at the Event of International Conference.

DR GEETHA SRINIVASAN

Chief Scientist at PETRONAS, Malaysia.
Senior Research Fellow at Queen’s University Ionic Liquid Laboratories, Belfast, Northern Ireland.
Visiting Scientist of Monash University Australia since 2013
Multiple Award winner that includes: Rising Star UK 2018 in Science and Engineering, Sustainable Technology Award.
Appointed Chair for Science and Stormont 2016 at the Parliament buildings, Northern Ireland
Filed 7 Patents. One patented across 23 countries.
Independent Research on Flexible Electronic Materials

Dr. Geetha Srinivasan CChem CSci, MRSC, FHEA, is a Senior Research Fellow at Queen’s University Ionic Liquid Laboratories, (QUILL) Queen’s University Belfast (QUB). After qualifying her PhD in Applied Electrochemistry from India, she moved to Northern Ireland in 2006 as a post- doctoral research fellow at QUILL, where she has been the Chief Scientist in Industrial Projects with Astron Advanced Materials and PETRONAS. She has rich experience in leading projects at the interface of academia and industry and delivering excellence. Her high impact research contributions in tackling environmental challenges using ionic liquids have been well received within scientific community and beyond.

Geetha is an award winning scientist and has placed Queen’s University in the top one percent of global universities and Northern Ireland in spotlight by receiving outstanding women in science award from L’Oreal-UNESCO-Royal Society in 2012 for her work on ionic liquids in biomedical applications. She is also the recipient of three Institute of Chemical Engineering – IChemE awards and Nicklin Medal in 2013 as a key researcher in an environmental mitigation project dealing with toxic heavy metal removal from petrochemical streams. This work was carried out in collaboration with PETRONAS, Malaysian government based oil and gas company who have commercialised this technology under the name HycaPure HgTM transforming adsorbent materials from lab scale 30 mg to 60 tonnes real industrial plant and running successfully for the last 6 years. Geetha as a natural research leader have steered research teams at both Queen’s University and PETRONAS towards wider implementation of the commercial product HycaPure HgTM and is playing a significant role in the knowledge transfer process from university to industry for the last 10 years.

Being a passionate scientist, alongside her utterly demanding industrial research, Geetha has been developing her independent research on flexible electronic materials for medical device applications. Her recent work on flexible supercapacitors to power-up next generation medical implants has attracted high Altmetric scores with global media and public attention.

Geetha is an exemplar of modern scientist who has proven that geographical borders are no hindrance to deliver an excellent global impact in science. Geetha’s professional success is exemplified by being a key inventor in 7 patents (one patented across 23 countries), author in high impact journal articles (both as collaborator and corresponding), and invited to deliver keynote lectures in international conferences. However, she feels personally honoured to be invited to talk to public, media and school children both nationally and internationally as a role model and inspire future scientists. As a young scientist she has been invited to talk to school children in Panama (amidst Nobel Laureate Prof Robert Huber) and young women scientists in South Africa. She a STEM ambassador (SENTINUS and CHEMNet) relentlessly contributing to primary and higher secondary schools’ science projects across Northern Ireland.

Geetha believes in gender balance in science and promotes the under-represented women in science by showcasing their research to public through Soapbox Science and holds the pride of bringing this unique science outreach platform to Northern Ireland.

Geetha has been showcased by Royal Society of Chemistry as one of the 175 faces of Chemistry and shortlisted for Asian Women of Achievement Award in 2014 under the profession category to portray her success in crossing geographical and cultural differences and sustain in science.

DR. ASHISH R. PANAT

Research in Artificial Intelligence – Emotions in Speech, Signal Processing
Golden Educationist of India Award winner. Featured in Marquis Who’s Who. Filed 4 Patents on research work.

Rendered services as Editor-In-Chief of “International Journal of Machine Intelligence and Application”: Published by International Science Press;
Professor Dr. Ashish Panat is the Director of Innovation, Incubation and Linkages at SNDT Women’s University, Mumbai. Dr. Panat was also the editor-in-chief of ‘International Journal of Machine Intelligence and Application which is published by Science Press.

Academic Career
With a PhD in Artificial Intelligence – Emotions in Speech and Signal Processing, Dr. Panat has been actively involved in building the Electronics department at MIT by establishing communication and interaction with global leaders in corporate and academic domains.

Patents & Awards
Professor Dr. Panat has filed four patents for his research work and has also won the ‘Golden Educationist of India’ Award in 2013 presented by the International Institute of Education and Management, New Delhi. He has also published 45 research papers and played a key role in proposal preparation, sanction and in establishing Atal Incubation centre with over Rs. 10 Crore funding from the NITI Aayog for MIT ADT University.

DR.MV.DURAI

Scientist,
Indian Wood Science and Technology,
Govt. of India

Vandana Naik

Asst. Prof for Research Development and Innovation for State
Higher Education Council

Goa, India

Working as Assistant Professor at the Research Development and
Innovation, State Higher Education Council, Goa, I am able to apply
my knowledge from my research domain to help in making policy
and administrative decisions at the higher education level at my
workplace. I am also a part-time Research Scholar in the Computer
Science and Technology discipline, Goa School of Business, Goa
University. My research area is Learning Analytics, specifically, the
use of machine learning techniques for engaged learning.